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| Description: | The dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, which was constructed entirely of iron and glass, as it appeared in 1878. The dome was painted white which s... |
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| Description: | Painters working on the cornice of one of the four octagonal towers of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Also visible is the Italianate ornamentation of the iro... |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared after the completion of the dome in 1869. At that time only the dome and the upper stories can be seen above the... |
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| Description: | A family sits in the yard of a large brick house that has round-top windows with two small windows on the third floor. The porch has a latticework skirting... |
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| Description: | Family in yard with carriage with large stone house behind that has shutters closed. The house was built in 1845. Harmon J. Hill was the first supervisor o... |
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| Description: | Mapleside, the home built by Able Dunning in 1853 on what is now University Avenue. It was razed in 1970 to make way for a Burger King restaurant. |
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| Description: | Group in front of the Centennial Fountain on Capitol Square. View of the capitol from Monona Avenue. The fountain is a replica of the Centennial Fountain... |
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| Description: | The Cole-Burrows house at 406 North Pinckney Street, built by Judge Orsamis Cole. He lived in it for several years before selling it to George B. Burrows. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Matthew Anderson, #26 in a composite of Wisconsin Senate and State Officers. |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederic King Conover (d. 1919), of Madison, Wisconsin, as a member of the class of 1878 of the University of Wisconsin. |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Archibald Campbell, which is part of a composite photograph of the 1878 Wisconsin Senate and State Officers. |
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| Description: | Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate and State Officers of 1878. At the bottom of the image is a photograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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| Description: | Group portrait of veterans of the 36th Wisconsin Regiment posed on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capital in the late 1870s. Some of the men hold drums a... |
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| Description: | View from the street of a man holding the reins for a team of two horses and sitting in the driver's seat of the Omnibus Line in front of the Park Hotel on... |
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| Description: | This frontispiece lithograph shows the State Capitol with an American flag on flying on top of the dome. The grounds include trees and paths and are enclos... |
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| Description: | Photographic reproduction of a collage of 128 men and four buildings. Collage includes text in Norwegian, with one sentence in English: "Entered according ... |
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| Description: | View of Vilas House. The name on the building is Levi B. Vilas. |
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